Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 4-4.7 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 Nṣrm Yhʾmn, 2 ibn Hamdān, dedicated 3 to their patron Tʾlb 4 Rymm, Master of 5 Ḥdṯnn, this 6 statue, for the success in all 7 the luck he 8 implored Him [... ...]. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 373 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 43, w. 29, th. 24 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Nāʿiṭ |
Ancient site | Nʿṭm |
Geographical area | Rayda |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Ḥdṯnn |
Link to site record |
CIAS: i, 27-28 (photo) | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |